Unit 34 Operation Management in Business

Task 1
Explain why operations management is important for organizations?
Analyse the operations functions of a selected organization?
Evaluate, by using a process model, the operations management of a selected organization.
Appraise the importance of the three ‘E’s’ to organizations.
Assess the impact of the tension between cost minimization and quality maximization in organizations.
Evaluate the significance of the five performance objectives that underpin operations management to organizations
Task 2
Assess how linear programming adds value to a given production process.
Evaluate critical path analysis and network planning.
Justify the need for operational planning and control in a selected production process.
Produce a set of clearly defined operational outcomes for a selected organization.
Produce a network plan indicating the resultant critical plan